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becoming a crucial issue, while traditional methods, i.e. storage, have a negative
impact on the environment.
3.2.1 Kompania Piwowarska
As part of waste management optimisation, Kompania Piwowarska concentrates
on three aspects: separating post-production waste intended for recycling, limit-
ing the amount of waste taken to landfills, managing waste as harmlessly for the
environment as possible. All waste from the production process, such as brewer's
grains or waste yeast, are practically 100 % re-usable in farming, the pharmaceuti-
cal and cosmetic industries. Other waste, such as glass, metals, paper, cardboard,
foil or wood, are segregated and passed on to specialist companies in order to be
recycled. To reduce the volume of waste, breweries have introduced, for example,
can crushers and pressing containers for other waste. Temporary landfill and seg-
regation sites are prepared in such a way that safety is ensured and no waste can
permeate into the soil (Kompania Piwowarska Sustainable Development 2013 ).
3.2.2 Grupa Z Ǚ ywiec
The brewery in ElblǛg, belonging to Grupa Ǚ ywiec, has shown initiative to regu-
late the management of the waste produced at the brewery, in accordance with the
country's and concern's policy on ecology. The 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) rule
has been applied at the brewery. The main aim of the programme is to reduce the
cost of non-segregated waste storage.
As a result of this initiative, the cost of non-segregated waste storage at the city
landfill has been significantly minimised, waste treatment principles defining how to
handle it ensuring people's life and health protection as well as environment protection
have been introduced, in addition to principles of waste recycling and neutralisation.
Employees are trained in the obligation to segregate waste, which is aimed
at increasing awareness and establishing good practices when handling waste.
Employees of all external companies, subcontractors at the brewery's premises
have also been trained in the ISO requirements, particularly those concerning dan-
gerous waste handling.
The non-segregated waste production rate for the year 2010 was the following:
• for the brewery in ElblǛg: 0.025 kg/hl (kilogram per hectolitre of beer produced)
• for Grupa Ǚ ywiec: 0.035 kg/hl
The amount of waste to be recycled is also controlled:
• 99.92 % of waste produced at breweries of Grupa Ǚ ywiec is subjected to
recycling.
• 0.08 % of non-segregated waste produced at breweries of Grupa Ǚ ywiec is
stored at the city landill. At the brewery in ElblǛg the rate is 0.01 %.